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AUSTIN — Sen. Wendy Davis said Tuesday that she has raised $11.2 million in about four months for her Democratic campaign for governor, including money donated to a joint committee with Battleground Texas. That brings the total raised to $27 million … …

Throughout an intense governor’s race, Republican Greg Abbott has proven fond of criticizing Democratic rival Wendy Davis for raising money outside of Texas. When the state senator went to Illinois, Abbott’s campaign accused her of feeling “more at home in Chicago…than here in Texas.” When she went to California, the campaign created a Star […] …

AUSTIN — Attorney General Greg Abbott’s gubernatorial campaign is spending $10 million to reserve airtime in the final full month of the election, the San Antonio Express-News has learned, in what amounts to an early precursor of the extravagant ad… …

AUSTIN — The Texas Ethics Commission will hold a final hearing on June 25 to determine whether Empower Texans President Michael Quinn Sullivan flouted state law and failed to register as a lobbyist in 2010 and 2011. In a unanimous vote Thursday, the … …

AUSTIN — Dark money groups reported spending nearly a quarter-million dollars to influence Texas elections since the beginning of the month — an outpouring of cash aimed at impacting more than two dozen races across the state. Records filed with th… …

AUSTIN — The lead lawyer in the landmark campaign finance case FEC V. McCutcheon is behind the shadow group orchestrating a new set of anti-Ken Paxton ads airing across the state. Dan Backer, a prominent national campaign finance attorney, is listed as the chairman of the American Dream Initiative, a tax-exempt 501(c)4 buying up ad […] …

AUSTIN — The cash race is narrowing in the contentious Republican runoff to succeed Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott as the two remaining candidates have spent and raise millions of dollars in the runoff. Dallas Republican Dan Branch — who finished second in the March 4 primary — kept his standing cash advantage over opponent McKinney […] …

AUSTIN — Buoyed by a flurry of big donations, State Sen. Dan Patrick raked in an impressive $4.3 million since the last week of February, more than doubling Lt. Gov David Dewhurst’s haul and reinforcing the narrative that Patrick’s campaign is ca… …

AUSTIN — The Empower Texans political action committee has pumped another round of six-figure donations into the coffers of state Sens. Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton — cash injections funded almost entirely by Midland oilman Tim Dunn. A new campaign f… …

UPDATE BELOW: AUSTIN — Michael Quinn Sullivan’s Empower Texans nonprofit has pumped $64,250 into the state senate district race in the Woodlands to help state Rep. Steve Toth’s bid to replace former Sen. Tommy Williams. In a Thursday filing with … …